About Molly Coxe

Winter 2015. I just finished shooting the photos for a sledding adventure, Cubs in a Tub, in the Sierra Nevada, up the road from Donner Pass. I knew it would be cold. I did not give a lot of thought to the challenges of setting up and taking photos in sub freezing temperatures. It […]

Give me a blank piece of paper, say “Write a Story,” and I will sigh and make a grocery list. A blank page is too much wiggle room for me. I get lost in a forest of words, and neither I, nor my characters, can find a way out.

In a picture book, there’s a dance between text and images. It might be a minuet, with words and pictures doing similar steps each on its own side of the page, or a pas de deux, with the words or the images doing most of the heavy lifting. Early Readers, where the text needs […]

New York City Public Library chooses Rat Attack, A Short Vowel Adventure, for K-1 Summer Reading List! Keep an eye out for children reading Rat Attack on park benches across Manhattan and the boroughs this summer! Copies will be available at every public library! Thank you NYC! ... See MoreSee Less

Teaching.net, a website that offers teachers cool multi-media materials on all the books and authors they teach in their classrooms, is offering a Short Adventures Give Away. Check it out and enter to win! Thank you teaching.net, and thanks to all the teachers who help enrich the reading experience for their students.http://forum.teachingbooks.net/?p=15683. ... See MoreSee Less

Spring is here, and so is Wet Hen, the latest Short Vowel Adventure! It's a sweet spring story featuring endless rain (think Noah's ark starring a broody Hen and her best friend, Ben, a mouse), colored eggs, and (after 21 days afloat in the tiny hen house) baby chicks in rainbow colors! ... See MoreSee Less

Are you an indie bookseller? You are eligible for one of these homemade barnwood display crates, plus an adorable handmade bravemouse and spring chicken! Order 12 BraveMouse Readers (Princess Pig, Rat Attack, Wet Hen) and your store will be entered in the drawing. Call IPG (Independent Publishers Group) to order! ... See MoreSee Less